2.02.080 [Rule 5] Limitations of Actions

(a) A civil lawsuit filed in Tribal Court must be started:

(1) In the case of torts and oral contracts, and actions not otherwise provided for herein, within three (3) years;

(2) In the case of causes of action based upon a statute or ordinance, within one (1) year, unless stated otherwise in the applicable statute or ordinance;

(3) In the case of written contracts, five (5) years from the time of the breach of contract.

(4) In the case of actions to enforce a judgment, except judgments rendered in regard to child custody, adoption proceedings or matrimonial cases, within ten (10) years of the date the person or persons in whose favor the judgment was rendered was first entitled to enforce.

(b) The time within which a civil lawsuit must be filed shall be counted from the date on which the injury or breach was first known to the injured party or should have been known to a reasonably aware person in the position of the injured party.

(c) For the purposes of meeting the deadline set in this Rule, a civil suit is started when the complaint is filed with the Clerk of the Court.